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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
✓ Special Code & Sanitation Meeting
February 24, 1983
Attending: Chairman Wood, Trustees Dannels, Hix, Houston,
Graves, Wagner, Mayor Tregent, Town Administrator
Hill, Public Works Director Widmer
Also Attending: Larimer County Commissioners Thayer, Hotchkiss,
Lloyd, Larimer County Public Works Director
Smith
ESTES PARK LANDFILL:
Larimer County Public Works Director Rex Smith reported on the facts
and misconceptions which have been associated with the Estes Park
Landfill. Director Smith stated that the landfill is not being
expanded. He is working with Town Administrator Dale Hill and Estes
Park Public Works Director Rich Widmer to relocate the access road
into the landfill in order to open a new area for filling. He
emphasized that the landfill is owned by the Town of Estes Park
and Larimer County is operating the landfill under an agreement
which expires upon completion of the landfilling operation. Larimer
County and the Town of Estes Park has no legal obligation to provide
a means for disposing of solid waste in. the Estes Park area. The
cost of transfer versus a new landfill versus the present landfill
is as follows:
Present Landfill
1982 Revenue
1982 Costs
Transfer Station
Est. Annual Cost
Revenue
New Landfill
Est. Annual Cost
Revenue
$ 59,000
$140,000
$140,000
$ 59,000
$115,000
$ 59,000
Revenue = 42% cost
Revenue = 42% cost
Revenue = 51% cost
Larimer County had a consultant look into the cost of incineration
and it does not appear to be a viable solution for solid waste
disposal. The County met with the State Land Board to discuss the
possible use of Section 16 as a landfill site. Two of the three
Land Board Members present at the meeting indicated that a final
decision on Section 16 could not be made until a complete operation
and development plan for the site had been completed and submitted
for their consideration. The County had a consulting firm do a
study to determine if Section 16 were a feasible landfill site.
One of the main problems with the area is access - which would
require crossing private property either by entering off of Highway
34 or Dry Gulch Road. A lengthy discussion followed. Mr. Wolf,
North End Property Owners Association, expressed concern with the
Dry Gulch access.
Commissioner Hotchkiss stated that the Commissioners feel a transfer
station would be more feasible rather than trying to develop a landfill.
He also reported that the Commissioners had met with the Boulder
County Commissioners and they also recommended a transfer station
for mountain communities. Mr. Ed Peterson, Beaver Point Homeowners
Association, spoke against a transfer station. Trustee Richard
A. Wood stated that the Town Board favored a landfill rather than
a transfer station. Commissioner Thayer stated that the Town would
need to get a permanent easement before we could pursue Section
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16 as a landfill site. Commissioner Hotchkiss stated that the costs
associated with the landfill should be 50%-50% between the Town
and Larimer County and the County would help subsidize the landfill
for up to five years. The Commissioners recommended that (1) an
RFP be developed by Public Works Director Smith to solicit proposals
from the private sector for the disposal of solid waste from the
Estes Park area; and (2) that the Town meet with the MacGregor Ranch
Trustees regarding an easement across the MacGregor Ranch.
Mr. Jim Campbell, of George Swanson & Son, Inc., stated that his
firm had installed seven of the eight transfer stations in the
state. He gave a brief overview of the advantages of a transfer
station.
A Trustee from Estes Park and Commissioner Hotchkiss will be meeting
to work on the landfill situation.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
AP' OVED l
MAR 8 1983
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Ann E. Je»en, Town Clerk